“Every marathon you do teaches you something different. The training you put in, the time it takes to do it… the dedication and patience,” said runner Justin Russell. “Every time I do one it’s like ‘wow’. I learn something new about myself.”

Some Eugene Marathon runners made the run about something greater than themselves.

“My cousins newborn was diagnosed with eye cancer recently and is going through treatment so I decided to dedicate my run to raise money for him,” said Matthew Bailey.